- trafine
- tra·fì·nes.m. OBbando, esilio, confino\DATA: sec. XIV.ETIMO: etim. incerta, dalla loc. lat. (ex)tra fīne(s) "fuori dai confini" o dal lat. mediev. terrafīne(m) "1confine".
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trephine — noun Etymology: French tréphine, from obsolete English trefine, trafine, from Latin tres fines three ends, from tres three + fines, plural of finis end more at three Date: 1628 a surgical instrument for cutting out circular sections (as of bone… … New Collegiate Dictionary
trephine — trephination /tref euh nay sheuhn/, n. /tri fuyn , feen /, n., v., trephined, trephining. Surg. n. 1. a small circular saw with a center pin mounted on a strong hollow metal shaft to which is attached a transverse handle: used in surgery to… … Universalium
trephine — tre•phine [[t]trɪˈfaɪn, ˈfin[/t]] n. v. phined, phin•ing 1) srg a small circular saw used in surgery to remove disks of bone, esp. from the skull 2) srg to operate upon with a trephine • Etymology: 1620–30; sp. var. of trefine, orig. trafine, b.… … From formal English to slang
trephine — /trəˈfin/ (say truh feen) noun 1. Surgery a small circular saw with a centre pin mounted on a strong hollow metal shaft to which is attached a transverse handle, used in surgery to remove circular discs of bone from the skull; trepan. –verb (t)… …
trephine — [trē fīn′, trēfēn′] n. [earlier trafine, form based on TREPAN1 < L tres,THREE + fines, ends] a type of small crown saw used in surgery to remove a circular section, as of bone from the skull vi. trephined, trephining to operate on with a… … English World dictionary
trephine — n. & v. n. an improved form of trepan with a guiding centre pin. v.tr. operate on with this. Derivatives: trephination n. Etymology: orig. trafine, f. L tres fines three ends, app. formed after TREPAN … Useful english dictionary
tre|phine — «trih FYN, FEEN», noun, verb, phined, phin|ing. –n. a cylindrical saw with a removable center pin, used to cut out circular pieces from the skull. –v.t. to operate on with a trephine. ╂[earlier trafine, alteration of trapan, variant of trepan1;… … Useful english dictionary
